Love in Nature and in History

Here’s a gift to you that I hope lasts forever./ I have included our spectacular picture / I hope you understand your beauty doesn’t matter./ I’d give you the precious gift of my love anyway. -jcv 2014

The week in wildlife - in pictures

A couple of lovebirds at the El Nido aviary, in Ixtapaluca, near Mexico City. The aviary is the third largest in the world, with more than 320 species of birds and more than 3,000 specimens. Lovebirds are a social and affectionate species of small parrot. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images.